[July 20] National 50m Prone Championships

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NTSA 50m National Prone Championships 2008

The NTSA wish to notify that the rescheduled 2008 50m Prone Championships will go ahead as provisionally announced on Sunday 20th July 2008 at BRC Shooting Club Range in Bohernabreena, Co. Dublin. Please note that as this is a National event, all participants must be current members of the NTSA. Membership forms will be available on the day. We wish to apologise again for the cancellation and hope that weather conditions will be a great deal better than what we have experienced in the last month.


Prone event – 60 shots in the Prone position only.
Classified competition – 60 shots run concurrently
Team of three competition – Top three shooters scores in the Prone event for each club represented.
Entry Fee: €20

Prizes for 1st to 3rd in Championship and 1st to 3rd in the classified competition. Team of three shield.

Sunday 20th July – First Detail at 10:30am

Detail A - 10:30 (75 minutes per detail)
Detail B - 12:00
Detail C - 13:30
10 Shot Final for first eight qualifiers – 15:00

To book a detail, go to www.rathdrumrpc.org and choose 'Book Detail' from the menu on the left. Follow the steps to book date, firing point/detail. A confirmation email will be sent to you to confirm your booking. Only available firing points/details will be displayed. Electronic targets kindly provided by Rathdrum Rifle and Pistol Club.

Sparks

From the NTSA website:

National Prone Championships - Results
Written by SmallboreRifleCoordinator
Sunday, 20 July 2008

The new National 50m Prone Champion is Tony Cogan of DRC. On what was a very good day for shooting, some extremely strange results were recorded, Tony Cogan was one of the few who were able to handle the changing light conditions and blitzed both the qualification and the final with a great display of composed shooting. Tony scored a 587 in the qualifying round and then followed up three hours later with a 102.9 in the final, never being challenged at any stage by runner up and last years champion Richard Stapleton.

Tony Cogan receiving his medal from NTSA Vice-Chairman Kealan Symes

A couple of competitors ran out of time; Joe O'Donohoe had just 5 minutes and 18 seconds to shoot thirteen shots and amazingly completed the task in just three minutes 24 seconds, dropping only 1 point out of a possible 130! Unfortunately Ray Reilly was not able to perform an even more herculean feat and was left one shot short when the time ran out.

NTSAI FR60PR National Championships 20/07/08
Competitor|Club|Class|1|2|3|4|5|6|Total|Average|Overall Place|Class Place
Tony Cogan|DRC|A|98|98|98|97|97|99|587|97.83|1|1|A|
Richard Stapleton Jr.|WTSC|A|98|99|97|96|97|97|584|97.33|2|2|A|
Sandy Wilson|ECSC|A|96|97|94|95|98|97|577|96.17|3|3|A|
Joe O'Donohoe|DFST|A|94|95|97|94|97|99|576|96.00|4|
Sean Baldwin|DFST|A|98|93|96|97|96|96|576|96.00|4|
Mike Dunne|DURC|A|95|93|95|95|94|94|566|94.33|6|
Wes Halliday|BRC|B|94|92|96|96|93|93|564|94.00|7|1|B|
Daniel Fleming|WTSC|C|95|92|89|95|95|96|562|93.67|8|1|C|
Kealan Symes|RRPC|B|97|89|91|95|94|96|562|93.67|8|2|B|
Ray Kane|DFST|A|93|91|95|93|92|96|560|93.33|10|
Conor McDermottroe|DURC|C|94|95|95|89|92|95|560|93.33|10|2|C|
P.J. Harding|DRC|B|95|93|93|92|93|92|558|93.00|12|3|B|
Ray Reilly|RRPC|A|97|96|96|95|96|78|558|93.00|12|
Bernard Ward|DURC|B|94|95|93|92|90|92|556|92.67|14|
Sharon Reidy|FRC|C|88|93|86|90|90|93|540|90.00|15|3|C|
David Franklin|RRPC|D|87|87|91|94|92|88|539|89.83|16|1|D|
Duncan Cleary|DURC|C|95|92|91|87|85|85|535|89.17|17|
Dave Murray|DFST|D|88|81|86|87|92|91|525|87.50|18|2|D

The range was in immaculate condition and the weather was worlds apart from the conditions experienced at the first attempt to run the championship back in June. Much appreciation to the Committee and members of BRC shooting club who hosted this and the cancelled event and exhibited incredible patience as well as a great deal of interest in the ongoing match.

Richard Stapleton Jr. receiving his medal from Kealan Symes

The Final was exciting from the point of view of third place which changed hands three times with the 5th place competitor, Sean Baldwin eventually taking and holding the position after the fifth shot.

PR Final
Shooter|Club|Qualifying Score|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|Sub|Total
Tony Cogan|DRC|587|10.0|9.8|10.5|10.0|10.6|10.2|10.1|10.7|10.5|10.5|102.9|689.9|
|||597.0|606.8|617.3|627.3|637.9|648.1|658.2|668.9|679.4|689.9|
Richard Stapleton Jr.|WTSC|584|10.5|10.5|9.2|10.7|9.1|10.2|10.5|9.5|10.0|9.6|99.8|683.8|
|||594.5|605.0|614.2|624.9|634.0|644.2|654.7|664.2|674.2|683.8|
Sandy Wilson|ECSC|577|10.2|9.3|9.5|9.4|9.7|10.3|10.3|10.8|10.2|10.7|100.4|677.4
|||587.2|596.5|606.0|615.4|625.1|635.4|645.7|656.5|666.7|677.4|
Joe O'Donohoe|DFST|576|9.9|10.2|10.0|10.7|9.6|9.4|10.0|10.2|10.4|10.7|101.1|677.1
|||585.9|596.1|606.1|616.8|626.4|635.8|645.8|656.0|666.4|677.1
Sean Baldwin|DFST|576|10.4|9.5|9.8|10.2|9.9|10.6|10.5|10.6|10.0|10.4|101.9|677.9|
|||586.4|595.9|605.7|615.9|625.8|636.4|646.9|657.5|667.5|677.9|
Mike Dunne|DURC|566|10.5|9.8|10.6|10.1|9.2|9.8|9.6|10.4|10.2|9.8|100.0|666.0
|||576.5|586.3|596.9|607.0|616.2|626.0|635.6|646.0|656.2|666.0|
Wes Halliday|BRC|564|9.9|9.4|9.3|10.9|9.1|10.2|10.5|9.7|10.3|10.5|99.8|663.8|
|||573.9|583.3|592.6|603.5|612.6|622.8|633.3|643.0|653.3|663.8
Daniel Fleming|WTSC|562|9.5|10.7|9.5|10.2|9.0|10.4|9.7|9.4|10.7|9.9|99.0|661.0|
|||571.5|582.2|591.7|601.9|610.9|621.3|631.0|640.4|651.1|661.0|



Sean Baldwin receiving his medal from Kealan Symes

The team of three shield was won by the Defence Forces Shooting Team for the second year running from DURC and Rathdrum.

Team Event
Shooters|Club|Scores|Total
Joe O'Donohoe|DFST|576|
Sean Baldwin|DFST|576|
Ray Kane|DFST|560|1712|
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Mike Dunne|DURC|566|
Conor McDermottroe|DURC|560|
Bernard Ward|DURC|556|1682|
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Kealan Symes|RRPC|562|
Ray Reilly|RRPC|558|
David Franklin|RRPC|539|1659

The DFST: Team of three shield winners

The NTSA wish to thank all those who turned up (for the second time) and especially those who helped with the target transport and logistics. Without you guys the event would have been a sorry mess indeed. Special thanks to Wes Halliday and the Committee and members of BRC Shooting Club who yet again went out of their way to host this event and of course for providing tea, coffee, biscuits and able-bodied assistance at the drop of a hat.

Class Prizes will be issued later in the year when new prizes which are in the process of being designed and ordered are available.